Mr Young said that due to some technical difficulties at present the TTMS could not say how long the Weather Alert would be extended, however the MET Office would advise as soon as the problem was rectified.

Meanwhile, the Met Office says it takes it role in forewarning the public very seriously.

Speaking on the Power Breakfast Show, climatologist Kenneth Kerr dismissed comments by the Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharath that the Met Office “forecasts after the fact”.